Adjustable foot-rest



(No Model.)

. s. G. SGARRITT;

ADJUSTABLE FOOT REST.

No. 341,351. Patented May 4, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SANFORD G. SOARRITT, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

ADJUSTABLE FOOT-REST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,351, dated May 4, 1886,

Application filed Oct ber23, 18Z-5. Serial No. 180,733. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SANFORD G. SCARRITT, of the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have made a new and useful Improvement in Adjustable Foot-Rests for Chairs, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the annexed drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure l is a perspective view of a chair with foot-rest extended; Fig. 2, a perspective View of a bracket relating to my invention. Fig. 3 is a detailed side view of a chair, showing foot-rest; Fig. 4, end view of foot-rest, showing self-adjusting stop.

The object of my improvement is to provide a footrest that will not only afford a means of rest for the foot, but also will provide a rest for the calf of the leg, and will adjust itself as a rest for the calf of the leg and of the foot according to the position of rest which the person occupying the chair to which it is at tached may desire.

My improvement also relates to a device by means of which the rest may retain a particular position.

My improvement also refers to an arrangement of devices by means of which the rest is rolled to follow the direction of motion of a revolving chair.

My invention relates, particularly, to footrests of revolving chairs of railway-cars, although it may be applied to other chairs when desirable.

The construction of my invention is as follows: A represents the frame of my foot-rest. It is padded at its upper part, a, and at its lower part it is provided with a horizontal bar, (1 or any suitable stop arrangement, for the heel or the sole of the foot to rest upon. This frame A is connected to the chair B substantially in the following manner: The bar 0 is bent so that one end will reach the lower part of the seat of the chair B, while its other end will nearly touch the floorwhen the chair is in proper position. This bar 0 is connected with the chair B in the following manner-- that is, the T'shaped strip of metal I) is firmly attached, so as run in a direct line from front to rear of the bottom of the chair-seat. (See Figs. 1 and 3.) The upper end of bar 0 is provided with a jaw, 0, made to fit the said T-shaped strip I). The jaw a is not fastened rigidly to the strip 6, but it is allowed to slide in a horizontal direction along the line of the T-shaped strip 1). O is provided with a right-angle bar, D, and this bar D is provided at either end with upright flanges d (I. These flanges (l d are provided with holes or any suitable arrangement for receiving the ends of a bar or of pins,which may form a pivotal connection between the frame Aand the right-angle bar D. The frame A is connected with the bar 0 by providing the frame A with projections cc, these projections 6 6 being arranged on either side offrame A in a position relatively opposite to each other and nearer to the end to than to the end (1. These projections e e are provided with studs 9 g or an equivalent device, thus forming a pivotal connection between the frame A and the lower part of bar 0.

The object of having projections e e nearer to the end a of the frame A is that the end of frame A will be heavier at its upper end, it being desirable that the upper end of frame A shall have a tendency to bear down toward the bar 0; but it will be readily appreciated that this same purpose can be accomplished without placing the projections e e nearer the lower end of c of frame A, by merely making The lower end of the bar the upper end, (1, of frame A heavier than the lower end, a.

To afford proper support for a position of comfort for the calf of the leg, I provide the upper part of frame A with a cushion. (See Figs. 1, 3, and 4.)

It may be desirable to lock my foot-rest when 'it has reached a particular position of comfort for the leg, and to that end I provide the following: Beneath the upper end of frarneA, in any suitable manner, I pivot a"pawl,'h, and the face of the bar 0, underneath the upper part of frame A, is cogged to receive the end of pawl h. By this arrangement when the upper part of frame A is raised the pawl h can be placed in any one of these cogs, and the weight of the frame A, or the weight of frame A together with the weight of the leg, will keep the rest in the position shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

, IVhen desirable, I provide right-angle bar D with one or more casters. (See Fig. 2.)

These casters enable the rest to be moved about in the direction of the revolving chair and prevent the whole weight of the resting device and of the leg from bearing on the lower part of the chair.

lhe operation of my invention is as follows: \Vhen not desirable to use my rest, by means of the jaw c and the T-sha-ped horizontal strip I), my rest can be moved entirely underneath the chair. \Vhen it is desirable to use my rest, the bar 0 is drawn out, as in Figs. 1 and 3, and by placing the foot upon the lower end, a, of the frame A the frame can be tilted with a slight motion of the foot, so that the cushion on the upper part of frame A will bear up against the calf of the leg, and thus a rest is provided for the foot, and the calf of the leg finds comfortable support.

I do not desire to claim, broadly, an adjustable foot-rest secured to the chair by a slide, so as to be extensible therefrom; but

Vhat I elai m is 1. Frame A, having a foot-stop or crossbar, (r, atitslowerend, and its upper end provided with a cushion or pad to support the calf of the leg, the curved bar 0, to the lower end of which said frame A is pivoted, and having its 25 upper end provided with aT-shaped jaw, and a chair having a T-sl1aped strip for the jaw of said bar G to move upon, the whole combined and operating substantially as described, and for the purposes specified.

2. The combination of the frame A, overbalaneed at its upper end, bar 0, having jaw c, right-angle bar D, flanges d d, and being cogged, as shown and described, pawl h, fitted to frame A, T-shaped strip Z), and chair B, the whole combined and operating substantially as described, and for the purposes specified.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my sig nature, in presence of two witnesses, this 29th day of September, 1885.

SANFORD G. SGARRITT.

'XVitnesses:

PAUL BAKEWELL, J. W. GROOKES. 

